Emerson to supply automation for new Lubrizol additives plant in China

At Zhuhai, Emerson’s role includes collaborating with the Lubrizol team to engineer, project-manage, install and commission a complete automation solution for the new additives plant. The Emerson solution is based on a FEED study done previously at Lubrizol’s facility in Deer Park, Texas.

Emerson is the main automation contractor for the plant, which
will offer select additive component manufacturing as well as
additive package blending.

The Zhuhai plant is the cornerstone of Lubrizols
10-year investment plan to upgrade operations and increase
global capacity in additives, according to the
company. Lubrizol will phase in select capacity additions
at the facility to meet market demand.

Emerson has collaborated with Lubrizol since the 2002
installation of a DeltaV digital automation system at
a facility in Lanzhou, China. Since then, Lubrizol has expanded
use of the DeltaV system into its largest base of
production in Deer Park, Texas, as well as other sites. The two
companies have worked to further improve operational excellence
at Lubrizol plants.

At Zhuhai, Emersons automation role includes
collaborating with the Lubrizol team to engineer, project-manage, install and
commission a complete automation solution for the new additives
plant. The Emerson solution is based on a front-end engineering
and design (FEED) study done previously at Lubrizols
facility in Deer Park, Texas.

Emersons DeltaV system will manage more than
2900 inputs and outputs, including Rosemount
measurement and analytical instruments, Micro Motion
Coriolis meters, Fisher control valves and regulators, and
on-off valves with FieldQ actuators -- for a
total of almost 1900 Emerson measurement and control
devices.

The system and devices are digitally integrated using IEC
62591 (WirelessHART), FOUNDATION fieldbus, and Profibus
communications. Emerson says its DeltaV
electronic marshalling with CHARMs technology helps simplify
engineering and installation by eliminating many of the wires
and connections required by traditional marshalling.

"We are excited about joining Lubrizol in the successful
digital integration and automation of the
Zhuhai plant," said Sabee Mitra, president of the
Asia-Pacific region for Emerson Process Management.

"The project combines our innovation in
digital process automation with Lubrizols innovation in
additives and technology. We are honored to help
them meet the regions growing demand for their advanced
products."

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